Protest

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/4/2020
  

  Fight for Economic Equality is as Old as America Itself

  by Daniel Mandell

  As Americans debate the future, it’s worth remembering that the Founders believed that the republic depended upon a rough equality of wealth.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/6/2020
  

  Nixon Did Call the Military on Protesters. He Just Covered It Up.

  by Lawrence Roberts

  The antiwar movement had already helped turn public opinion against Mr. Nixon’s conduct of the war. He was determined to deny activists a victory that could cause further political damage.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  8/4/2020
  

  How Portland’s Wall of Moms Collapsed — and Was Reborn Under Black Leadership

  Keisha N. Blain provides historical context for the high visibility of white moms in Portland, and the problems this posed for the city's protest movements. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/28/2020
  

  Violence In Portland Exposes The Real Purpose Embedded In Law Enforcement

  by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

  Policing in America traces its roots back to the institution of the slave patrol.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  

  The Complicated History Of Moms As The Face Of Protest Movements

  A series of interviews examines the ways that race and social class affect the ability of women to use motherhood as a source of political power. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  7/26/2020
  

  Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment

  The amendment, ratified a century ago, is often described as having “given” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  7/29/2020
  

  Portland History Professor Says She Was Shot in the Head by Federal Agents

  "This is my home. I was protesting peacefully. So why did federal troops shoot me in the head?" said professor Maureen Healy.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  7/26/2020
  

  Why Portland? The City's History of Protest Takes an Exceptional Turn

  The "Portlandia" image -- of 1990s slackers driven by liberal ingenuity -- isn't entirely true to the city's history, says former professor Randy Blazak.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/24/2020
  

  When I was 12, John Lewis Talked my Mom into Letting Me March with Him

  Because of Lewis, I got my first chance to protest my city’s and region’s racist policies and practices — from where we could eat, work, live, go to school, swim, party, play sports and even use the taxpayer-funded public restrooms.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  7/22/2020
  

  ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rights

  The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity.

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  7/25/2020
  

  Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force

  by Masha Gessen

  On behalf of the D.H.S. and its uniformed services, Director Chad Wolf claimed responsibility for the armed presence in Portland. He asserted that his agency was doing exactly what it was created to do. He was right.

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• 7/26/2020
  

  Can Martin Luther King’s Spiritual Vision Kindle a New Progressivism?

  by Walter G. Moss

  Advocates for a broader social democratic political agenda should consider the spiritual roots of Martin Luther King's activism, which have historically engaged a broad range of political views to reform movements. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/23/2020
  

  Patience Is a Dirty Word

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  On August 28, 1963, many Americans were not ready to hear John Lewis speak about completing the revolution of 1776. Are Americans ready for the message the 23-year-old Lewis offered now?

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• SOURCE: NBC5-DFW
  7/22/2020
  

  Historian Daina Ramey Berry on Injustice: People Are ‘Fed Up'

  "Social justice means that all human beings are given equal opportunities that are evenly distributed and certain groups are not allowed privileges denied to others," said Berry.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  7/21/2020
  

  A 'Very Dark History': Oregon's Racist Past Fuels Ongoing Protests Against Injustice In Portland

  Christopher McKnight Nichols, who teaches history at Oregon State University and splits time between the school’s base in Corvallis and Portland, said the long trail of discrimination in Oregon informed the protests in a liberal city long known for its activism.

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• 7/26/2020
  

  One of the Chicago 7 Reflects on Dissident Politics Then and Now

  by Lee Weiner

  A veteran of dissident politics in the 1960s warns that while today's broad coalition of activists for a more just and democratic America are on the right track, they must learn from the mistakes of an older generation and find ways to keep united despite difference. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7/19/2020
  

  Trump Equates Support for Confederate Flag with Black Lives Matter

  Trump said on Sunday, “I’m not offended either by Black Lives Matter, that’s freedom of speech. You know the whole thing with cancel culture – we can’t cancel our whole history. We can’t forget that the north and the south fought.”

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• 7/19/2020
  

  A Historian's Reflections on American Dissent

  by Ralph Young

  At a time like this one longs for a Gandhi or a King to come along and show us the way. Or a Lincoln or a Roosevelt who took up the challenge of leading the United States through existential crises. But I don't see that happening. Not in 2020. Not on the federal level.

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• 7/19/2020
  

  Thinking About Racism Beyond Statues and Symbols

  by Dolores Janiewski

  In his life and his death Floyd experienced the coercive structures that constrain, punish and eventually kill altogether too many Americans. More than Confederate statues, these need to be torn down.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  7/14/2020
  

  The Need to Teach the History Behind Current Events Has Rarely Been Clearer. Here’s How Some Teachers Are Getting Ready

  As teachers face a new sense of urgency when it comes to teaching topics related to current events, the Philadelphia-based NCC hopes to arm middle- and high-school teachers with the knowledge needed to ground their discussions in a deeper understanding of the history of topics ranging from slavery and Reconstruction to federalism and women’s suffrage.